About
Aims and scope
Archives of Disease in Childhood is an international peer review journal that aims to keep paediatricians and others up to date with advances in the diagnosis and treatment of childhood diseases as well as advocacy issues such as child protection. It focuses on all aspects of child health and disease from the perinatal period (in the Fetal and Neonatal edition) through to adolescence. ADC includes original research reports, commentaries, reviews of clinical and policy issues, and evidence reports. Areas covered include: community child health, public health, epidemiology, acute paediatrics, advocacy, and ethics.
The content of ADC Education and Practice is endorsed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health for Continued Professional Development in line with RCPCH CPD guidelines.
For information about the Editor-in-Chief and editorial team, please refer to the Editorial Board page.
Plan S compliance
Archives of Disease in Childhood: Education & Practice is a Plan S compliant Transformative Journal. Transformative Journals are one of the compliance routes offered by cOAlition S funders, such as Wellcome, WHO and UKRI. Find out more about Transformative Journals and  Plan S compliance on our Author Hub.
Editions
Archives of Disease in Childhood edition
The main monthly edition of ADC brings together quality research and reviews from the specialism of paediatrics. ADC focuses on all aspects of child health and disease.
Subscribers to ADC receive the other two editions of the journal for free.
The Fetal and Neonatal edition
This bimonthly edition of ADC brings together quality research and reviews in the field of perinatal and neonatal medicine. Original research papers cover fetal and neonatal physiology and clinical practice, genetics, perinatal epidemiology and neurodevelopmental outcomes.
Education and Practice edition
This bimonthly edition of ADC (launched in 2004) aims to assist paediatricians, at all levels in their training, in their ongoing professional development. The edition is supported by the RCPCH, but has international appeal.
For more information please read the editorial that appeared in the first issue.
Journal Information
| Ownership | ADC is co-owned by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and BMJ. For more information please refer to the Affiliations section below. |
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| Publication Model | Subscription; with hybrid open access option |
| Frequency | ADC is published monthly FNN and E&P are published bimonthly |
| Launch date | 1926 |
| Digital Archives | Portico, LOCKSS |
| Indexed by | Web of Science Core Collection: Science Citation Index Expanded, Current Contents: Clinical Medicine, MEDLINE (Index Medicus), PubMed Central (BMJ Open Access Special Collection), Scopus, Embase (Excerpta Medica), CINAHL, Google Scholar |
| Peer Review Model | Single blind; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author |
| ADC Print ISSN | 0003-9888 |
| FNN Online ISSN | 1468-2052 |
| FNN Print ISSN | 1359-2998 |
| E&P Online ISSN | 1743-0593 |
| E&P Print ISSN | 1743-0585 |
Journal Statistics (2020)
Acceptance rate: 28%
Speed
Days to first decision: 25 days (mean)
Days from acceptance to publication: 24 days (mean)
Impact
Impact factor (JCR): 1.407
Scimago Journal rank (SJR): 0.45
Eigenfactor: 0.00134
Citescore: 1.9
Reach
Total content views in 2020: 308,250
Total Altmetric mentions in 2020: 1,351
The impact that academic research has cannot be defined by one single metric. In 2013, BMJ signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA). We did this to show our support for using multiple measures and metrics to portray journals’ impact; moving away from the Impact Factor as a single measure.
Contact Information
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Members receive print/online access to ADC
Members receive ADC with Drug Therapy section
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